Eternal Painter Swordsman
119. Palaces

While everyone was busy with fighting and people were engulfed by the uneasiness of this terrible war, there was only one place that could still be counted as quite peaceful. It was a palace, a place protected by thousands of people.

At this moment, there were even 2,000 soldiers required to stand guard around the Palace in order to keep the safety of all the people living in the Palace. Instead of allowing half or even more soldiers to go to the battlefield, the Emperor would rather triple his own defenses.

The Queen Mother also did not not not know about this, either, if indeed he cared about everyone and the compassion he possessed was as vast as the ocean then he would definitely be opposed to what the Emperor was doing at this moment. But what is it, actually ? Other than giving Ming Yue an empty title, what else did the Queen Mother do ?

Giving back the title to Ming Yue might make him seem very generous and compassionate but in fact, in times of crisis like this, other than Ming Yue then who else could lead an army to fight an enemy that was impossible to defeat ?

Against demons and the Yu Kingdom, which general was willing to give up their lives in vain to wage a war that there was no chance of winning it except Ming Yue ?

Ming Yue was willing to work voluntarily leading the troops even if she knew that she could not possibly win.

In the end there was one conclusion they could draw between the Emperor and the Queen Mother, that the fruit fell not far from the tree. Actually, the attitude of the Queen Mother is not much different from her son.

The Queen Mother herself seemed to hate Ming Yue besides that there was something else that made her extremely hated by Zhou Yuan. Zhou Yuan said that his entire family died because of Empress Dowager and Huang Xinxin's mother. It's just not clear what the cause is.

The concubines inside the Palace still acted as if everything was fine, they could even still hold a small tea banquet to enjoy the day.

While people go to war against the enemy. The palace looked really comfortable even in this condition.

This made everyone who saw him feel a sense of complaint, the only person who was agitated inside the Palace was Jiu Rui.

He went to face his father and looked for his father to say that he was ready to advance to the front line as well.

As the Crown Prince, he just sat here doing nothing and seeing how people sacrificed to protect the Jiu Empire.

This really made Jiu Rui uncomfortable, Jiu Rui himself felt that he should come forward to the front line.

Jiu Rui walked over to the Imperial Hall and saw that her father was just relaxing leisurely sitting fanned by the concubines and enjoying a sumptuous meal.

"What brings you here ?" Ask Jiu Ming.

"Ayahanda, I want to go to the front line. " Answer Jiu Rui.

Jiu Ming acted as if he had not heard what Jiu Rui had said and simply ignored what Jiu Rui had said.

Jiu Rui felt a bit awkward because she did not expect that she would get very cold treatment from her own father and she did not know what she should do.

He wanted to show that he had been convinced to advance to the front lines.

"Ayahanda, I want to go to the front line and help. " Say Jiu Rui loudly.

"If you go there, what can you do other than add to the problem ?" Jiu Ming asked indifferently. Jiu Rui who heard this felt a bit hurt but she tried to remain calm with this condition.

"I can write amulets and I have also been practicing for many years in holding weapons, I can help many things. " Said Jiu Rui.

"You are the Crown Prince, the only thing you have to do is sit here and monitor everything. You don't have to go to the front line by yourself. " Said the Emperor with annoyance.

"Because I am the Crown Prince then I have to go there and see the conditions, at this moment everyone is suffering but here living very luxuriously. I can't stand this !" Jiu Rui exclaimed out what she had been feeling lately honestly.

Jiu Ming who heard this was immediately ignited by anger, Jiu Ming had always hated people who were against his words and lately Jiu Rui had repeatedly opposed his words.

Jiu Rui had always been the Son she was proud of and the Son she cared about but lately Jiu Rui's attitude towards her had changed and Jiu Rui had no longer complied with what she said.

Jiu Ming was irritated by the fact that Jiu Rui now had his own thoughts and did not want to comply with the words he said anymore.

According to Jiu Ming, whatever he said then Jiu Rui had to obey him, otherwise Jiu Ming would definitely feel annoyed. Jiu Rui felt sick of being in such a position continuously. It had been years that he had survived in that condition and at this moment, he decided to refuse to accept it.

"You are the Crown Prince and I am the Emperor ! What else do you expect ?! Do you expect that I will go to the border and lead the war ? Isn't it their job to protect us ?!" The Emperor shouted furiously and slammed the items around him.

Jiu Rui was still kneeling there upright, she looked at her Father with a very clear disappointed look.

"I used to admire Dad a lot but now I realize I admire the wrong people. " Say Jiu Rui before finally getting up and turning around.

"Stop there ! Who gave you permission to leave ?!" Shouting Emperor.

"I've decided to leave and Dad has no right to obstruct my departure !" Reply Jiu Rui in a high tone as well.

"How dare you go against the order I gave you !" Shouting Emperor.

"Why don't I dare ? Before, because of my obedience, I had lost someone I loved. I've lost him and it's all because of Dad ! " Shouted Jiu Rui with wrath.

Everyone was shocked when they saw Jiu Rui's anger, no one had ever seen him so angry like this before.